Nikolas Saira

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Nikolas Saira
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Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-11) 11 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Honka
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Espoo 19 (4)
2017–2021 HIFK 32 (1)
2017 → Gnistan (loan) 1 (0)
2020 → MyPa (loan) 4 (0)
2021 AC Oulu 20 (3)
2022 Olbia 8 (0)
2023 HIFK 17 (2)
International career‡
2015 Finland U17 6 (1)
2016 Finland U18 4 (2)
2017 Finland U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 August 2017

Nikolas Saira (born 11 February 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward. [1]

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Club career

Born in Helsinki, Saira started his career in FC Honka youth system. [2]

On 28 January 2022, he signed with Italian Serie C club Olbia. [2]

On 9 December 2022, Saira agreed to return to HIFK for the 2023 season. [3]

International career

Saira was a youth international for Finland. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Nikolas Saira at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 "Benvenuto Nikolas Saira". www.olbiacalcio.com (in Italian). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Nikolas Saira sopimukseen HIFK:n kanssa" [Nikolas Saira has an agreement with HIFK] (in Finnish). HIFK. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Perret, Christoffer (4 March 2017). "Nikolas Saira ja Eero Hyökyvirta valittiin alle 18-vuotiaiden maajoukkueeseen". HIFK Fotboll (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 March 2022.


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